| Historic Name: |
Seattle Transfer Company/ Scientific Supplies |
Common Name: |
Jackson Square Building |
| Style: |
Other - Utilitarian, Queen Anne - Richardsonian Romanesque |
Neighborhood: |
Pioneer Square |
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Year Built: |
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| Significance |
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In the opinion of the survey, this property is located in a potential historic districe (National and/or local). |
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This is a simple utilitarian building, completed in 1902, not too long after the Fire of 1889 and just as the original “burnt district” was expanding as a result of an economic and industrial upturn, after the Klondike gold rush. While its storefront has been changed, perhaps several times, the detailing of its masonry walls and basic openings do not appear to have changed at all. In scale and detailing, this building contributes to the district. It was built for James McKinlay, who operated a blacksmithing and machinery repair shop until sometime after 1889. McKinlay and his heirs owned the building site from 1879 to 1923. Baist’s maps from 1905 to 1912 also indicate that the building housed the Seattle Transfer Company. In the 1930s, the building was the site of Scientific Supplies (an historic photo shows their sign was affixed to the building), who also owned the Herman and Blumenthal Building (former Ingels Block) across Jackson Street
By 1978, the building was occupied by the Teak Factory, several furniture retailers and Design Center Incorporated, which used the second floor for warehousing and assembly of imported furniture.
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| Appearance |
| This is a two story brick building with a basement. It is rectangular in plan, 52 feet by 121 feet, and has a flat roof and parapet. It has solid brick walls, 13” thick and was built with heavy timber interior construction. Its main elevation faces north on Jackson Street, while its east elevation faces Occidental Avenue South.
The north elevation has a ground floor level storefront with a lower second level. The façade is divided into three bays with a larger central bay, each bounded by brick pilasters, simply emphasized by subtle brick corbelling, which gives the impression of capitals. Corbelling also marks the parapet level.
The east elevation has a series of window openings of different sizes and widths, although many are topped by segmental arches. It has, from north to south, three openings topped by segmental arches, alternating with trabeated openings. Then there is an expanse of wall. Moving north, there are two thinner openings topped by segmental arches, then three longer sets of openings with segmental arches and finally, the trabeated storefront windows, which turn the corner and continue into the storefront of the north elevation. |
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| Status: |
Yes - Inventory |
| Classication: |
Building |
District Status: |
NR, LR |
| Cladding(s): |
Brick |
Foundation(s): |
Concrete - Poured |
| Roof Type(s): |
Flat with Parapet |
Roof Material(s): |
Asphalt/Composition |
| Building Type: |
Commercial/Trade - Warehouse |
Plan: |
Rectangular |
| Structural System: |
Masonry - Unreinforced |
No. of Stories: |
two |
| Unit Theme(s): |
Architecture/Landscape Architecture, Commerce |
| Integrity |
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Changes to Plan: |
Intact |
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Changes to Windows: |
Moderate |
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Storefront: |
Moderate |
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Changes to Original Cladding: |
Slight |
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| Major Bibliographic References |
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King County Tax Assessor Records, ca. 1932-1972.
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Lange, Greg and Tim O’Brian. “Virtual Pioneer Square,” unpublished manuscript, 27 October 1996. City of Seattle, Department of Neighborhoods, Historic Preservation Program files.
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Baist, William. Baist’s Real Estate Atlas of Surveys of Seattle, Wash. Philadelphia: W. G. Baist, 1905, 1908, 1912 and 1928.
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Mutundro, Jim, (handwritten-hard to read). Notes- “Improvements Description,” 20 June 1978, Archives, Historic Preservation Program, City of Seattle.
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